How To Have Fun With Your New IPad

The iPad is an incredible device with many different uses. However, to maximize the potential of your iPad, knowing a little more about it can be important. Fortunately, if you follow the advice that follows you will be able to learn alot in very little time.

Using your iPad to watch films, play music and play games can significantly shorten the life of the battery. You can help your battery charge last longer by adjusting the brightness of the screen. In most cases, there is no need to keep the maximum brightness level to read, surf the Internet or tinker with apps.

It is easy to access all open apps. Press the Home button twice to view all of your current apps. You may switch to another running app, just by tapping that app in that bar. To remove the bar, swipe your screen downwards.

You can access remote servers through a VPN network. The VPN feature on an iPad can be activated by entering the network section of the settings menu. Before establishing a VPN connection, you will need to provide credentials such as a username or server address. If you are unaware of the server address, you must contact the network administrator.

Does it annoy you whenever the iPad asks if you want to join any wifi network it has detected? Go to settings and turn this off. If you would rather not be prompted, you can click the Wi-Fi button and you will not have to deal with this anymore.

Would you like to see more than 2 lines of text when previewing an email? Go to your settings, tap on mail and change the preview settings. Change this to “5 lines.” This saves you time by letting you skim your email at an accelerated rate.

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If you want to charge your iPad as quickly as possible, do not use an iPhone charger. The iPad requires a larger wattage requirement than the iPhone. If you use your iPhone charger for your iPad, it will take forever to charge. Stick with the charger sent with the iPad.

A lot of people find it difficult to type on tablets, but over time, it gets easier. Fortunately, you can choose to have your iPad dictate what you say instead. Just double click your home button and you’ll then want to tap on the microphone icon. After you finish dictating, tap the microphone icon again, and you will see the text version of your dictation.

Open new webpages using a new tab to keep your current webpage open. If you use Safari, tap the link and hold it until the menu option becomes visible. This menu gives you the option to make a new tab for the link.

If you iPad is set to default you will be able to see a few sentences of your email before you read it. It can help for you to see more lines before you open up the email. In mail under settings, you can make this alteration. First go to MAIL. Choose CONTACTS. Then go to CALENDARS. At this point, you can adjust preview mail options to get more lines.

It’s fairly easy to grab a quick screenshot on your iPad. Just press the home and sleep buttons simultaneously. This will capture the image and save it with your other photos.

Download the manual onto your iPad if you need it. It is easier for Apple to make it a download than to print a manual for every product.

Need to quickly mute your iPad? Try this. Just press and hold the volume button down for a few seconds. This can be a quick way to avoid having to adjust your volume multiple times. If you want to readjust it, press it down once more.

By using shortcuts, sending messages is easy. For instance, hitting your space bar two times as you type automatically inserts a period and a space. You can save time by doing these things automatically instead of manually, so that you can easily send messages to more of your friends.

As a parent, you can adjust the parental controls for your kids in the settings area. All you have to do is turn the parental control feature on through the settings menu. You can block anything you want from here.

Take good care of your iPad and it will last longer. Make sure it’s never in direct sunlight, or in very hot conditions. The heat will damage the battery. Keep your iPad away from liquids so electronic components are not damaged. Be sure to buy a specially designed cover to protect your iPad when not in use.

You can synch the pages of your iPad with iTunes and easily share your iPad documents with a Mac or PC. It’s easy to share your documents and being able to interact with virtually any computer through iTunes cannot be beaten. Also, you can track and view your PDFs with ease.

There is a feature that allows you to find a lost iPad. Simply navigate to Settings and then select iCloud. Enter your Apple ID where prompted and then turn on Find My iPad. With this on, if you do lose the ipad, you can go to iCloud.com to find where it is located.

There are ways that you can adjust the lock feature on your iPad. Be aware that if you have an early model iPad, you will not have this feature. As long as you are running iOS 4.3 or higher, you have the option. Holding the volume-down button will mute your iPad.

For frequently used apps, you can access them much faster. Double click the home button and a bar of recently-used and running apps will appear on the screen. This can save you lots of time.

Your iPad lets you change the brightness of your screen depending on where you are. The normally bright screen can be dimmed by tapping the Home button twice and swiping until you see the brightness setting. There, you can select options to match the brightness to the ambient light in your environment.

Auto brightness is a wonderful feature to conserve battery and energy. The iPad automatically senses the amount of light that is in the room, and it will adjust its lighting to the best amount. Doing so is the perfect way to have some control over your battery life. Locate this setting in the area that is labeled “Brightness & Wallpaper”.

Are you getting crummy Google search results on your iPad? You can use a different search engine if you wish. Under Settings, choose Safari, and then Search Engine. This will show you a list of search engines to select from. You can use Yahoo or Bing instead.

Click Home twice to see which apps are currently in use. That allows you to access a bar containing all running apps. Use this function to check which apps are running, and close the ones you do not need.

There are two ways to show a PDF. It is possible to sync PDFs to your iPad using the iTunes app. Also, you can send PDFs to your iPad’s email. After giving both these methods a try, you can pick the one that works for you anytime you want to show a PDF.

Listen to your iTunes music on your iPad. You do not have to log in to your iTunes account and re-download every last song. Simply enable “Home Sharing” in iTunes and on your iPad. Next, enter the Music app on your iPad, select More and then Shared. Now you can start listening.

Accessing apps without going to the start screen is as simple as double-clicking the home button. Then you’ll just select your app and click, and there you have it. Just repeat the process to switch back again.

You might not think much about the dangers of using the iPad, but you should set the security of your iPad adequately. You could lose it accidentally at any time, and it stores a great deal of sensitive information, such as phone numbers, emails, addresses and maybe even bank account information.

Are you interested in connecting the iPad to the TV so you can watch the content on a bigger screen? This can be done with a separately available adapter. Look for a digital AV or Apple VGA adapter. Either of them work perfectly.

Have you had the desire to take a screenshot? It’s simple! Press the home button and the sleep button simultaneously to grab the shot. There will be a flash, and your sceenshot is taken. Your iPad conveniently saves all screen shots automatically.

Have you ever wanted to take a quick screenshot before? This can be accomplished much easier than you might have believed. Hold down the home and sleep buttons together. There will be a flash, and your sceenshot is taken. Screenshots are automatically save.

Be sure to set up “Find My iPad” so that you can find the iPad if you misplace it. Doing this will permit you to locate your iPad; it will also make it possible for you to remotely delete information stored on it. It may seem annoying now, however you will be grateful if the iPad is ever lost.

Have you wondered why your iPad is slowly getting a little bit slower when you’re trying to navigate with it? If so, it’s a good idea to review all your stored information and delete some. You may think about adding your data to the cloud so you can have more free space. This trick may make your iPad as quick and smooth as it was when you first bought it.

Would you like to access your PDF docs on the iPad? To do so, you must email yourself the PDF files so that the iPad can open them in iBooks. You can also sync the files to your iPad by putting them into iTunes.

Put parental controls in place on your iPad. First visit your SETTINGS menu. Next, go to GENERAL. Then go to RESTRICTIONS. When you are in the Restrictions area, hit the option that will allow you to enable restrictions. This will protect your child from content that is beyond their age range. Anything that isn’t age appropriate, such as certain shows, videos and websites will be off limits.

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Be sure to set your phone up so that its Find My iPad function is always running. This will make it so that if your iPad is lost or stolen you can find it using its internal GPS system or even delete information from it instantly if need be. Some people do not like the phone to track where there are, but this feature definitely has more benefits than negatives.

If in Safari, you can click the apex of the title window to return to the beginning of any page. Generally, people will scroll to the top, but this is time consuming. Pushing the title window isn’t difficult and lets you get more accomplished in a shorter period of time.

Back up personal information in case of loss or theft. You can also set up your iPad to delete personal information should someone try to get into it. Under the “Password Lock” feature, select the general settings tab, and click to delete information if an incorrect password is entered into your device 10 times.

Did you know you can add your Google Calendar into the Calendar app? To get this set up, click on Settings, Mail, Contacts, and Calendars, in that order. Select the Add Account option, and then select Other. Select Add CalDAV and enter your own Google information.

If you are attempting to charge your iPad using the USB dock, try plugging the dock into a USB port on the back of your computer if the one on the front panel is not working. You may not be aware that USB ports can have different power capabilities. The ones in the back tend to be higher powered. When your iPad still doesn’t charge, buy a wall adapter.

The iPad is a great device, especially because of how user-friendly it is. The user interface is simple. There’s a single button and a touch screen. Explore your iPad on your own before you start looking up too many tips about it. You’ll marvel at how easy it is to use.

Parental controls are essential when sharing an iPad with family. Go to General settings tab and select “enable restrictions” to ban access to mature content. When it comes to your child being online, parental supervision is vital.

The iPad has single-handedly revolutionized the way millions use technology every day. Given the amazing list of things they can do, many wonder what, if any, sorts of things it cannot do! Using this advice will have you soon reaping the advantages of the iPad.

You no longer have to use the old and cumbersome ways to send photos to people. You don’t have to send them via email attachments anymore. GO under photos to choose one to send and then go to email.